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Poa aipina. Common on all the mountains, antl viviparous. 



- nemoralis. Banks of Loch Tay. 



- ccEsia. Rocks of Stuich-an-Lochan. 

 Festuca ovina, e. vivipara. Frequent. 



Avena aipina. Rocky ledges of Stuich-an-Lochan and ^e\i Lawers. 



Eriophorum gracile. Ben Lawers. Evidently a dwarf and slender state of E, augus- 



ti folium. 

 Carex pulicarvi. On Ben Lawers. 



curta. Ben Lawers, tkc. 



r intermedia. Near Ben Lawers Inn, in a marshy spot. 



. atrata. On the ledges of Stuich-an-Lochan, not uncommon. 



J rigida. Rocky summits of all the mountains. 



saxatilis. In marshy places on Stuich-an-Lochan and Mael Greadha. 



fiava, pallescens and paludosa. Den of Lawers. 



capillaris. Marshy places on Stuich-an-Lochan, IMael Greadha & Craigalleach. 



Polypodium Phegopteris. Abundant in various places. 



Dryopteris. Den of Lawers. 



Polystichum Lonchitis. In the clefts of rocks on all the mountains, but the specimens 

 not so luxuriant as those found on the Forfarshire mountains. 



lohatum. Den of Lawers, near the Falls. 



Lastrcea Oreopteris. Plentiful in the Den of Lawers. 



Cystopteris fragilis and |3. dentata. On moist rocks about the Falls of Lawers. 



Asplenium viride. Crevices of wet rocks about the Falls of Lawers, in great profusion. 

 This beautiful little species loves to vegetate in the immediate vicinity of water- 

 falls, though in 1838 I found a few plants in the shady cleft of a rock near the 

 summit of Ben Lawers. 



Hymenophyllum Wilsoni. Moist rocks about the Falls of Lawers, covering them with 

 broad patches of its beautiful and delicate fronds. 



Botrychium Lunaria. On Stuich-an-Lochan, sparingly. 



Lycopodium selaginoides, alpinum and Selago. Plentiful on Ben Lawers and others of 

 the range. 



Equisetuvi palustre, j3. alpintim. On Ben Lawers and Craigalleach. 



Andrcea aipina. Abundant and in fine condition about the summits of Stuich-an-Lo- 

 chau, Ben Lawers, Mael Tarmanach and Mael Greadha. 



j rupestris and Rothii. Ben Lawers. 



J Gymnostomum lapponicum. On Ben Lawers and Mael Tarmanach. 



Anyctangium ciliatum. In the Den of Lawers and many other places, common. 



Diphyscium foliosum. Ben Lawers. 



Splachnum sphcericum. Ben Lawers. 



mnioides. On the same and all the other mountains of the range. 



J Conostomum boreale. Abundant and in fine perfection near the summit of Mael Tar- 

 manach, covering a space of several yards. Sparingly on the other mountains. 



Encalypta ciliata and rhaptocarpa. More or less diffused over the whole range. 

 Weissia crispula. Ben Lawers, plentiful. 



acuta. Wet rocks, common. 



Didymodon rigidulus. Ben Lawers. 



capillaccun. In dense tufts in the clefts of rocks, abundant. Var. (3. il/iy- 



phylla. Wet rocks in the Den of Lawers. 



